State leaders broke ground Friday on a new dispatch center for the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management in north Phoenix. The new Arizona Dispatch Center will be located near ...

David Tenney, the former director Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management, said House Bill 2201 would require electric companies to clean up vegetation around power lines.

PHOENIX, Ariz. (KVOA) - The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management has started construction on a new dispatch center to support wildland firefighters and command staff across the state.

In Arizona, the Department of Forestry and Fire Management has access to around 2,500 wildland firefighters. The state saw 2,191 wildfires in 2024 that burned 282,989 acres. Bobbie Scopa is on the ...

This photo released by the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management shows smoke rising from the Boulder View fire Thursday, June 27, 2024, near Phoenix. (Tiffany Davila/The Associated Press) ...

Those areas, where development and vacant land meet, are at high risk for wildfire, said Bill Boyd, deputy director of the Arizona Department of Forestry ... his home to fire stations and hydrants ...